| A | B |
|---|
| AMENDMENT | CHANGE TO OUR CONSTITUTION |
| ANARCHY | ABSENCE OF LAW OR GOVERNMENT |
| ANTIFEDERALIST | ONE WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION |
| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | OUR NATION'S FIRST PLAN FOR GOVERNMENT, CREATING A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WITH LIMITED POWERS |
| BLOCKADE | USING SHIPS TO PREVENT ENEMY SHIPS FORM ENTERING OR LEAVING A PORT |
| BOYCOTT | REFUSAL TO BUY GOODS |
| CASH CROP | FARM PRODUCT TO BE SOLD, RATHER THAN CONSUMED BY LOCAL PEOPLE |
| CHRONOLOGICAL | IN TIME SEQUENCE |
| COLONY | A COUNTRY RULED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY |
| EPIDEMIC | A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT SPREADS SWIFTLY THROUGH A POPULATION |
| FEDERALIST PAPERS | A SERIES OF ESSAYS WRITTEN TO URGE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION |
| IMPERIALSIM | CONTROL BY ONE COUNTRY OF THE TRADE AND GOVERNMENT OF OTHER NATIONS |
| IRON CURTAIN | INVISIBLE BARRIER BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN 1945 AND 1992 |
| JESUIT | ROMAN CATHOLIC GROUP THAT LED THE SPREAD OF CATHOLICISM IN THE NEW WORLD |
| MESOAMERICA | SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, CALLED LATIN AMERICA TODAY |
| MILITIA | A MILITARY ORGANIZATION COMPOSED OF CIVILIANS |
| MINUTEMEN | MEMBERS OF THE COLONIAL MILITIA, FIGHTING THE BRITISH |
| MONARCHY | GOVERNMENT HEADED BY A KING OR QUEEN |
| NAFTA | 1993 TREATY ENDING TRADE BARRIERS BETWEEN CANADA, MEXICO AND THE U.S. |
| NATO | MILITARY ALLIANCE FORMED BY WESTERN ALLIES AND THE US IN 1949 TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM |
| PACIFIC RIM | INDUSTRIAL NATIONS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA |
| PATRIOT | PERSON WHO SUPPORTED INDEPENDENCE BEFORE AND DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
| LOYALIST | A COLONIST WHO REMAINED FAITHFUL TO BRITAIN DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
| PILGRIM | ENGLISH PURITAN WHO FOUNDED THE PLYMOUTH COLONY IN 1620 |
| POTLATCH CEREMONY | NW INDIAN FEAST WHERE GIFTS WERE EXCHANGED |
| SAVANNA | SUBTROPICAL GRASSLANDS COVERED BY SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS |
| STAMP ACT | 1765 LAW PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT TAXING ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS |
| TARIFF | TAX ON IMPORTS |
| SAMURAI | JAPANESE WARRIOR |
| TIPI | TENT USED BY PLAINS INDIANS, MADE OF BUFFALO SKIN |
